The State of Nature: Ecology, Community, and American Social Thought, 1900-1950
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Although science may claim to be "objective," scientists cannot avoid the influence of their own values on their research. In The State of Nature, Gregg Mitman examines the relationship between issues in early twentieth-century American society and the sciences of evolution and ecology to reveal how explicit social and political concerns influenced the scientific agenda of biologists at the University of Chicago and throughout the United States...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0226532372
ISBN13:9780226532370
Release Date:October 1992
Publisher:University of Chicago Press
Length:304 Pages
Weight:0.96 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 6.1" x 9.1"
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